Limited to 2000 Units & includes exclusive content.
Disc 1
Gone with the Wind: UCE 70th Anniversary Feature
Commentary by Rudy Behlmer
Original Mono Track
Disc 2 - Exclusive to this Anniversary Release
Old South/New South
Gone with the Wind: Hollywood Comes to Atlanta
All comments (23)
oUkTuRkEyIII
5 Dec 152#1
loll1es
5 Dec 152#2
I'm just looking to see what has 'gone with the wind' from last nights gales :confused:
one_way to loll1es
5 Dec 152#3
Last night? its still going strong :neutral_face: its gonna cost me a fortune :disappointed:
Yas
5 Dec 152#4
A fantastic restoration. Hard to believe it was made in 1939.
bobo53
5 Dec 15#5
is this the same crappy picture of a dDVD that I bought year ago?? If I remember I think it was not even in the original panoramic format it suppose to be. Colours were awful. Can someone confirm please?
andiwall to bobo53
5 Dec 151#6
Isn't this Blu-ray ???
Yas to bobo53
5 Dec 151#17
It's a beatiful restoration. There's a very interesting extra on it included. Think they used three cameras for the colour - so all three negatives had to be merged for the Blu-ray release. Think also (although I may be wrong) they used 70mm film and took 8K scans from it. It's certainly one of the best Blu-ray transfers I've seen. Up there with Wizard of Oz, 2001 and Zulu. A word of warning for any modern viewers who can't stand black bars, it's a 4:3 ratio film.
DaveRay to bobo53
5 Dec 151#18
Gone with the Wind was shot in Academy Ratio, a 1.37:1 format which was the standard in the 1930s:
The wide 70mm print was a 'blow-up' or optical reprint, i.e. it excludes a significant amount of information from the top and bottom of the original negative to fit a wider frame. The original ratio will show black bars at the sides of modern widescreen TVs, just like The Wizard of Oz. It can take a little getting used to, but you're seeing the film as the director intended.
Warner's restoration and remastering of the film is widely regarded as excellent. They went back to an original print as a colour correction source, and they scanned the original negative. Their work on this film and Wizard of Oz is superb. The 70th anniversary Blu-Ray was colour timed to include more earthy tones rather than the oversaturated picture you may have seen on previous DVD editions:
I'm assuming they're using the same 4K scan and a similar or identical colour correction in this edition. You can see some screenshot comparisons here:
The flesh tones seem much more natural in the Blu-Ray to my eye.
Smaybelline
5 Dec 151#7
Thanks so much OP! My mum loves this film and last had it on VHS
keifrb
5 Dec 15#8
Other halfs favourite film. Brownie points hopefully
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sweetpea10
5 Dec 15#9
No matter how many times I see this film, it just gets better :innocent:
wiggywig
5 Dec 15#10
Bargain for this, was gunna post this the other day at 5.99 but forgot about it hah so good thing i didn't.
The transfer is excellent, a lot of these old films that are 50+ years old seem to restore really well. I dont know all the technical gobbledygook but im guessing its down to the film they used.
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Opening post
Disc 1
Gone with the Wind: UCE 70th Anniversary Feature
Commentary by Rudy Behlmer
Original Mono Track
Disc 2 - Exclusive to this Anniversary Release
Old South/New South
Gone with the Wind: Hollywood Comes to Atlanta
All comments (23)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_ratio
The wide 70mm print was a 'blow-up' or optical reprint, i.e. it excludes a significant amount of information from the top and bottom of the original negative to fit a wider frame. The original ratio will show black bars at the sides of modern widescreen TVs, just like The Wizard of Oz. It can take a little getting used to, but you're seeing the film as the director intended.
Warner's restoration and remastering of the film is widely regarded as excellent. They went back to an original print as a colour correction source, and they scanned the original negative. Their work on this film and Wizard of Oz is superb. The 70th anniversary Blu-Ray was colour timed to include more earthy tones rather than the oversaturated picture you may have seen on previous DVD editions:
https://www.editorsguild.com/fromtheguild.cfm?FromTheGuildid=128
I'm assuming they're using the same 4K scan and a similar or identical colour correction in this edition. You can see some screenshot comparisons here:
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/dvdcompare6/gonewiththewind.htm
The flesh tones seem much more natural in the Blu-Ray to my eye.
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The transfer is excellent, a lot of these old films that are 50+ years old seem to restore really well. I dont know all the technical gobbledygook but im guessing its down to the film they used.